The West Wing creator, Aaron Sorkin preps new show

Aaron Sorkin, best known for creating The West Wing, is returning to TV with a show set behind the scenes of a nightly cable news program

Aaron Sorkin, best known for creating The West Wing, is returning to TV with a show set behind the scenes of a nightly cable news program.

Sorkin, who won the Golden Globe for Best Screenplay for The Social Network last week, let news of the series slip during his awards season press interviews.

“It’s going to be happening soon. I’ve written the pilot episode, and we’re casting it right now,” Sorkin told BBC Breakfast.

Well, in the interest of journalistic accuracy, it isn’t definitely “happening soon”, Aaron.

It looks pretty certain, but despite his eagerness to discuss the series, it hasn’t received the official green light from its US network, HBO yet.

According to Deadline, negotiations between the writer and the cable network have been slow as Sorkin juggles rewrites with his commitment to promote The Social Network, but the project is expected to receive a pilot order after the Academy Awards.

So what sort of show can we expect?

“I’ve spent some time at CNN… I’ve seen just fascinating things and what the hope is, is that I can bring the same kind of idealism and romanticism that made government seem sexy on The West Wing, and I can bring it to the news and journalism, which, in America, is held in as nearly as much contempt,” Sorkin said.

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